Improvement in cows-bag protectors



M. .R. DOWLIN. Cow's Bag Protector.

No. 198,282. Patented Dec. 1 ,1377;

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED! STATES PATENT OFFICE- MARSHALL R. DOWLIN, OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

l M PROVEM ENT IN COWS-BAG PROTECTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.18,82, dated December 18, 1877; application filed November 21, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mnnsmr. Brennan- SON DOWLIN, of North Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oows-Bag Protectors, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved protector, shown as applied to a cow. Figr2 is a perspective view of the protector.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-v spending parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved device for covering a cows bag, to

protect it from filth in the stable, so that it will be clean when the cow is milked, and to keep it warm in cold weather, so that the milk will flow down more freely into the bag, and will thus be given in larger quantity.

The invention consists in the cover or pouch made of leather or other suitable material, and provided with straps, to adapt it for use,for covering and protectinga cows bag, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the pouch or cover, which is made of leather, canvas, rubber cloth, or other soft and flexible material, and which is brought into the proper shape by goring it. To the side edges of the cover A is attached a strap, B, which passes up in front of the cows hind legs and over her back, and which is made adjustable in length by buckles. To the rear edge of the cover A are attached the lower ends of two straps, O, which pass up between the cows hind legs, over her hips, and their upper ends are buckled to the rear end of the backstrap D. The straps O are made adjustable in length by buckles, and are secured to the strap B at the points of intersection, to prevent them from slipping down out of place. The forward end of the back-strap D is attached to a strap, E, which is buckled around the cows body just in the rear of her fore legs.

F is a strap the rear end of which is a tached to the orward edge of the cover A, and which passes forward beneath the cows belly, and its forward end is attached to the strap E. The strap F is made adjustable in length by a buckle. 1

The various straps may be made of leather,

webbing, or other suitable material.

By this construction the cover or pouch A 

